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PCB95 and PCB153 change dopamine levels and turn-over in PC12 cells by Enayah, Sabah H., Vanle, Brigitte C., Fuortes, Laurence J., Doorn, Jonathan A., Ludewig, Gabriele

“…•PCB153 decreased intracellular dopamine (DA) and increased (24 h) extracellular DA.•PCB153 increased DA metabolites DOPAC, DOPET, and DOPAL.•PCB95 first…”
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Open fire ovens and effects of in‐home lavash bread baking on carbon monoxide exposure and carboxyhemoglobin levels among women in rural Armenia by Tadevosyan, Artashes, Mikulski, Marek A., Baber Wallis, Anne, Rubenstein, Linda, Abrahamyan, Satenik, Arestakesyan, Lusine, Hovsepyan, Marina, Reynolds, Steve J., Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…Lavash is a traditional flatbread commonly baked at home by women in Armenia and other Middle Eastern and Caucasus countries. The baking process follows…”
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A cluster of lead poisoning among consumers of Ayurvedic medicine by Breeher, Laura, Mikulski, Marek A., Czeczok, Thomas, Leinenkugel, Kathy, Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…Use of alternative medications and herbal remedies is widespread in the United States and across the globe. These traditional medications can be contaminated…”
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Toxic metals in ayurvedic preparations from a public health lead poisoning cluster investigation by Mikulski, Marek A, Wichman, Michael D, Simmons, Donald L, Pham, Anthony N, Clottey, Valentina, Fuortes, Laurence J

“…Background Herbal formulations, traditional medicine, and complementary and alternative medicine are used by the majority of the world's population. Toxicity…”
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Risk Factors for Road Traffic Injuries among Different Road Users in the Gambia by Daffeh, Babanding, Young, Tracy L., Bass, Paul, Peek-Asa, Corinne, Sanyang, Edrisa, Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…We identified risk factors for road traffic injuries among road users who received treatment at two major trauma hospitals in urban Gambia. The study includes…”
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Novel Logistic Regression Model of Chest CT Attenuation Coefficient Distributions for the Automated Detection of Abnormal (Emphysema or ILD) Versus Normal Lung by Chan, Kung-Sik, PhD, Jiao, Feiran, MS, Mikulski, Marek A., MD, PhD, Gerke, Alicia, MD, Guo, Junfeng, PhD, Newell, John D., MD, Hoffman, Eric A., PhD, Thompson, Brad, MD, Lee, Chang Hyun, MD, PhD, Fuortes, Laurence J., MD

“…Rationale and Objectives We evaluated the role of automated quantitative computed tomography (CT) scan interpretation algorithm in detecting interstitial lung…”
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Environmental and occupational health needs assessment in West Africa: opportunities for research and training by Sanyang, Edrisa, Butler-Dawson, Jaime, Mikulski, Marek A., Cook, Thomas, Kuye, Rex A., Venzke, Kristina, Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…Objectives Data are lacking on environmental and occupational health risks and resources available for the prevention of related diseases in the West African…”
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Psychological distress, job dissatisfaction, and somatic symptoms in office workers in 6 non-problem buildings in the Midwest by Black, Donald W, Manlick, Christopher F, Fuortes, Laurence J, Stein, Matthew A, Subramanian, P, Thorne, Peter S, Reynolds, Stephen J

“…Researchers examined office worker characteristics and reports of non-specific somatic symptoms in 6 non-problem buildings in the Midwestern United States. We…”
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Agreement Between Fixed-Ratio and Lower Limit of Normal Spirometry Interpretation Protocols Decreases With Age: Is There a Need for a New GOLD Standard? by Mikulski, Marek A., Gerke, Alicia K., Lourens, Spencer, Czeczok, Thomas, Sprince, Nancy L., Laney, Anthony S., Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…OBJECTIVES:To assess concordance between the fixed 70% ratio cutoff point with the fixed percent predicted values (Fixed-ratio) and the lower limit of normal…”
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Risk of beryllium sensitization in a low-exposed former nuclear weapons cohort from the cold war era by Mikulski, Marek A., Leonard, Stephanie A., Sanderson, Wayne T., Hartley, Patrick G., Sprince, Nancy L., Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…Background The nuclear weapons industry has long been known as a source of beryllium exposure. Methods A total of 1,004 former workers from a nuclear weapons…”
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Lower limit of normal based spirometric abnormalities associated with radiographic abnormality in an elderly cohort at low risk for exposure by Mikulski, Marek A., Gerke, Alicia K., Newell, John D., Murray, Ann M., Smith, Carmen J., Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…Background: Although the relation between radiographic abnormalities and spirometric impairment in people with asbestosis has been studied extensively, the…”
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Unsuspected exposure to beryllium: potential implications for sarcoidosis diagnoses by Laczniak, Andrew N, Gross, Nathan A, Fuortes, Laurence J, Field, R William

“…Exposure to Beryllium (Be) can cause sensitization (BeS) and chronic beryllium disease (CBD) in some individuals.  Even relatively low exposures may be…”
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Organochlorines and Risk of Prostate Cancer by Ritchie, Justine M., Vial, Scott L., Fuortes, Laurence J., Guo, Haijun, Reedy, Victoria E., Smith, Elaine M.

“…This pilot study examined the relationships of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) with prostate cancer. Ninety-nine controls…”
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Prevalence of Beryllium Sensitization Among Department of Defense Conventional Munitions Workers at Low Risk for Exposure by Mikulski, Marek A., Sanderson, Wayne T., Leonard, Stephanie A., Lourens, Spencer, Field, R. William, Sprince, Nancy L., Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…Objective: To estimate the prevalence of beryllium sensitization among former and current Department of Defense workers from a conventional munitions facility…”
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Comparison of proposed frameworks for grouping polychlorinated biphenyl congener data applied to a case–control pilot study of prostate cancer by Ritchie, Justine M., Vial, Scott L., Fuortes, Laurence J., Robertson, Larry W., Guo, Haijun, Reedy, Victoria E., Smith, Elaine M.

“…Although the commercial synthesis of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been banned in the United States for several decades, they are persistent in the…”
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Risk and Significance of Chest Radiograph and Pulmonary Function Abnormalities in an Elderly Cohort of Former Nuclear Weapons Workers by Mikulski, Marek A., Hartley, Patrick G., Sprince, Nancy L., Sanderson, Wayne T., Lourens, Spencer, Worden, Nicole E., Wang, Kai, Fuortes, Laurence J.

“…Objective: To estimate prevalence and risk factors for International Labour Organization radiographie abnormalities, and assess relationship of these…”
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The use of pesticides in a Polish rural population and its effect on birth weight by HANKE, Wojciech, ROMITTI, Paul, FUORTES, Laurence, SOBALA, Wojciech, MIKULSKI, Marek

“…The risk of adverse reproductive outcomes related to pesticide exposure has been investigated in few studies; however, the results have not been consistent…”
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Pesticide handling and exposures among cotton farmers in the Gambia by Kuye, R.A, Donham, K.J, Marquez, S.P, Sanderson, W.T, Fuortes, L.J, Rautiainen, R.H, Jones, M.L, Culp, K.R

“…Objectives: There are substantial health hazards to farmers and the environment associated with pesticide use in developing countries. Based on observations by…”
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Child Supervision and Burn Outcome among Admitted Patients at Major Trauma Hospitals in the Gambia by Sanyang, Edrisa, Peek-Asa, Corinne, Young, Tracy, Fuortes, Laurence

“…Burn-related injuries are a significant burden in children, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where more than 90% of burn-related…”
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Epidemiology of back injury in university hospital nurses from review of workers' compensation records and a case-control survey by Fuortes, L J, Shi, Y, Zhang, M, Zwerling, C, Schootman, M

“…Reviewing Workers' Compensation records for back injury from a large university hospital for a 2-year period, we found a yearly incidence of lost work time…”
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